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CCRI Runners have fast start at UMass-Boston Winter Open!

12.04.17

Warwick, R.I. – December 6, 2017: The CCRI Knights and Lady Knights kick off their Indoor Track Season at the University Of Massachusetts Boston Winter Open on Saturday. CCRI had three Lady Knights and five Knights competing with very good results for their first time out this season. It was a non-scoring meet so there were no team scores but the event was highlighted with some excellent individual efforts from the Lady Knights’ squad.

The Lady Knights were led by second year athletes. Allison Lenox (North Kingstown, RI) placed 9^th in the 800m run with her career-best time of two minutes 35.83 seconds. Lenoxalso placed 55^th in the 200m run with a time of 29.23 seconds. Victoria Anderson (Manville, RI) placed 16^th in the 60m hurdle race in a time of 10.56 second. Anderson also ran the 200m in a time of 31.07 placing her 76^th. Kaitlin Murrin(Norton, MA) placed 24^th in the 800m run in a time of 3:00.50. Murrin had also placed 28^th in the Mile run in a time of 6:33.75 earlier in the meet.

The men put up some good performance but showed they have some work to do as the season progresses. Cristian Figueroa (Providence, RI) placed 22^nd in the 800m with a time of 2:13.99. Figueroa also placed 103^rd in the 200m dash in a time of 25.46. Kelder Cardoso (Pawtucket, RI) placed 25^th in the 800m run in a time of 2:18.95. Cardoso also ran the mile in 5:23.75 which placed him 43^rd. Ryan Pagliaro(Smithfield, RI) placed 33^rd in the 5,000m in a time of 17:29.56. Alexander Mowry (Warwick, RI) placed 97^th in the 60m dash in a time of eight seconds flat and placed 125^thin the 200m with a time of 26.77 seconds. Dariel Santana-Baez placed 103^rd the 60m dash in a time of 8.11 seconds. Santana-Baez also placed 112^th in the 200m race in the time of 25.99 seconds.

CCRI Head Coach Gregg Cornell commented after the meet: “This was a good start for the CCRI Athletes but with some things to iron out in the weeks to come.”

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The Community College of Rhode Island, New England’s largest comprehensive community college, enrolls nearly 16,000 students in credit courses and thousands more in non-credit and job training classes. Its athletic program boasts 12 varsity programs and an academic support program for all student-athletes.